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We first heard rumblings of number portability coming to Google Voice a few months back when Google began asking if users would like to see it become a feature, and now we are seeing some evidence that it is being added. According to a report on TechCrunch, Google Voice has… Continue Reading »

For anyone that missed the earlier news, Google has recently announced the rebranding of GrandCentral which is now Google Voice.  Unfortunately, the service is still in a closed beta with no sight of invites, but that is not stopping the talk of potential new features. Currently Google Voice will allow… Continue Reading »

Now that Google has settled that pesky visual voicemail lawsuit with Klausner Technologies, it appears that GrandCentral is going to remain alive, but with a few changes, which seem to come in the form of the name and added features.  To begin with, Google has unveiled a new service called… Continue Reading »

PhoneFusion announced yesterday that their Fusion Voicemail + is coming to the Android platform that will allow users to view their voicemails and listen to them in any order they choose.  This was a big selling point of the original iPhone and now it is coming to the Android platform.… Continue Reading »

Fun stats, right?  According to XLINK, it is accurate and 20% of US households are doing just that by the end of this year, jumping off the landline bandwagon.  But is going all cell going to work for your family?  XLINK happens to make a product that it believes will… Continue Reading »

MobileSphere recently launched a free voice messaging service called (very aptly!) Slydial, that connects you automatically to someone’s voice mail so you can leave a message when you don’t feel like going through the conversation mode, or are pressed for time. Some of the scenario’s they present where Slydial could… Continue Reading »

Visual Voicemail has proved to be an effective way of receiving and checking your voicemail, now instead of listening to every message you can listen to just the important ones, and save the rest for later. This is a feature that we first saw on the iPhone with AT&T, however… Continue Reading »

You know that free visual voicemail solution called YouMail? Well they have recently added a new service that will let users view voicemail messages from their mobile phones, in the same way that they could previously access them online through a PC. Although this YouMail offering is not the first… Continue Reading »

SimulScribe offers a great service, one that is a benefit to anyone who dislikes checking and responding to voicemail. They convert your voicemail message to text and then deliver it to you as either an email or text message, to which you can then respond to the “voicemail” by return… Continue Reading »

The voice to text service company, Jott, has brought its voice recognition technology to BlackBerry devices. Using Jott’s technology BlackBerry users can now reply to email using their voices. The Jott voice recognition technology works with the BlackBerry 8800, 8300 and 8100. By using Jott for BlackBerry, you will be… Continue Reading »